Photos: Notable deaths in 2014

Actress Luise Rainer

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Ed Cronenweth / MGM / Los Angeles Times
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December 30, 2014
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Luise Rainer, the luminous 1930s actress who won two consecutive Oscars but whose Hollywood film career was shattered when she went toe-to-toe with Louis B. Mayer, and lost, died Dec. 30, 2014. She was 104.